Lady&#39;s undergarment



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Patented Mar. 19 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

HIL'MA. C'. CHRISTENSEN, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.

LADYS UNDERGARMENT.

Application filed August 31, 1928. Serial No. 303,203.

The invention relates to ladies undergarments of the type commonly knownas a teddy, in which short front and rear skirt portions are connecteddetachably with each other between the users legs and hang looselyaround the latter, and it is the object of said invention to provide anew and improved connection between the front and rear skirt. portionsof the garment.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and. claimed, description beingaccomplished by reference to the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the front and rear skirtportions disconnected from each other.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the garment as worn. w

Fi 3 is a fragmentar perspective view showing the tab of one o the skirtportions disconnected from the other portion.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view looking in the oppositedirection from Fi 2.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on ine 5-5 of Fig. 2. Y The garmentillustrated comprises a bodyencircling portion 6 having shoulder straps7, and a short full skirt portion 8 to hang 30 loosely and provide theequivalent of drawers legs, when its front and rear portions 9-10 areconnected with each other as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

The skirt portion 9 is provided at its lower end with a tab 11 toturnupwardl'y against the outer side of the skirt portion 10,appropriate means such as a. button 12 and but- -portions havin ton-hole13 being provided for fastening the parts 10-11 detachably together.

The skirt portion 10 is provided with a 40 relatively narrow tab 14 forpassage through a slot 15 in the skirt portion 9, said tab 14: beingturned upwardly after passage through said slot and secured against theouter side of said skirit portion 9 by appropriate fas-. tening meanssuch as a button 16 and a button-hole 17 The novel construction shownand described provides an effective closure, and the front and rearskirt portions will not entirely separate from each other, even if thefastening means of one of the tabs 11-14, becomes loosened or damaged.

The details disclosed are preferably followed, but Within the scope ofthe invention as claimed,variations may be made. If desired, the tab 14and contiguous portion of the skiritpart 10, may be provided with anappropriate reinforcement such as 14*.

I claim:

In an undergarmen-t, short front and rear skirt portions, each of saidportions having an upturned tab at its lower end lying against the outerside of the other portion, one of said a slot through which the upturnedtab of the other portion passes, and front and rear fastening meansdetachably securing the u turned tabs of the front and rear skirtportions to the rear and front skirt portions respectively.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

: HILMA CHRISTENSEN.

